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[JOHNSON, Samuel]. A journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. London, W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1775 £ 500 8vo (210 x 120 mm); [iv], 384 pp.; six-line errata leaf after the title. Contemporary sprinkled calf, single […]
Le tableau de la Vie. Pour l’année 1820
A lovely early 19th century children’s miniature almanac in French.
HARVEY, William
Harvey’s fascinating treatise on the science of generation, the last of the three works published during his lifetime.
Pith Paintings
[ANONYMOUS]. Set of 16 Chinese pith paintings c.1840-1860, gouache on pith paper £ 10,000 Album of 16 Chinese gouache paintings on pith paper, beautifully and meticulously made, containing 8 tipped in leaves framed in light-blue silk, all […]
PINE, JOHN. The tapestry hangings of the House of Lords
18 ENGRAVED DOUBLE-PAGE PLATES
17th century Aristotelian and Cartesian Philosophy Manuscript
A fascinating insight on the development of the sciences from their origins in Ancient Greek Philosophy, all the way through to the groundbreaking studies of Torricelli, Copernicus and Descartes
Principles of Politeness
CHESTERFIELD, Lord; FRANKLIN, Benjamin; LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, François de. Lord Chesterfield’s Advice to his Son, on Men and Manners; in which the principles of politeness and the art of acquiring knowledge of the world, are laid down in […]
Botanical Drawings
Anonymous. Album of 42 original studies of plants and flowers. England, late 18th century, by hand in watercolour and gouache £ 1,200 4to, album of 44 original studies of plants and flowers, watercolour and gouache over pencil, […]
RAYNAL, Guillaume Thomas François. Histoire Philosophique et Politique des Établissements et du Commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes
The expanded Geneva edition of Raynal’s most influential work, a compilation of treatises concerning the commercial dealings of European powers and their colonial domains.
FICINO, Marsilio. Epistole Marsilii Ficini Florentini
The Letters of Ficino and Leading Renaissance Thinkers